‘Ave Maria’, introduced here by one of our Choristers, Imogen Walker. “This piece started life not as a vocal piece but as an instrumental chamber work: Méditation sur le Premier Prélude de piano de J S Bach. The story goes that Gounod was at his...
“New music has always been at the heart of my work with the Girls’ Choir—I love the fact that they will often ask if a composer is going to be there at the service, assuming that most of what we sing is by living composers. I think it’s so important that young...
